‘Steam Pets’ brings San Antonio to the steampunk apocalypse, with pets!

Remember the Alamo, folks. Because a megalomaniac pug with an eye patch wants to blow it all to hell.

The landmark-hating Perrin Pugsly is just one of several anthropomorphic pooches headed our way in Steam Pets, a self-published steampunk comic by San Antonio’s Chris Holm. Holm will promote his very kid-friendly comic at ÆtherFest, this week’s big steampunk convention downtown.

In Steam Pets, Perrin Pugsly is hellbent on destroying the Alamo in what’s left of a post-apocalyptic Alamo City. It’s up to the heroic Steam Pets to take a bite out of his evil scheme like so much kibble.

“I always wanted to see what it would be like to base a science fiction story in San Antonio,” says Holm, who gives S.A. even more love by naming major Steam Pet characters after area streets, hence Perrin Pugsly after Perrin-Beitel.

Holm, who’s been with the manga tutoring group First Storm Manga since the group’s inception, hopes to take his comic beyond the con circuit to online sales. In the meantime, you can find it at Nine Tails at Wonderland of the Americas Mall. And look for Holm and his work at Texas Comicon in June.